MORE POSTS FROM SEPTEMBER 2014
Let’s talk about what?! Yes, I said it. Sex. Most middle grade students have heard of it – some have overheard conversations in hushed tones, some have watched explicit cable TV shows. I’m just saying there’s a range. A REALLY big range. For better or worse, I’ve spent most of my adult life helping my […]
Last week, I mentioned Becca Fitzpatrick’s BLACK ICE in my discussion of YA lit with scenes involving alcohol and sexual violence. As promised, today I will review the book as a whole. Hold on, this is going to be a bumpy ride. Publisher’s Description: Sometimes danger is hard to see… until it’s too late. Britt […]
The Tween was in the second grade when she came home and told me about a Kindergartner at her school that had died. His father, she said, beat him to death. She said she heard the older kids talking about it at school so I searched online to find out if it was true. Sadly, […]
The #SVYALit Project: Sexual Violence, Drinking and Date Rape Drugs (Triggers)
#SVYALit, #SVYALit Project, Alcohol, Becca Fitzpatrick, Black Ice, Date Rape Drugs, Drinking, Erica Lorraine Scheidt, Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life, Uses for Boys
|As the mom to an almost teenage girl, one of the things I am told over and over again is that I have to tell my daughter not to drink alcohol so that she doesn’t get raped. And it’s not just drinking alcohol and getting drunk that I have to tell her to worry about, […]
This week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Shelter from the Storm, a reflection on Torn Away by Jennifer Brown In My Mailbox: Looking for Middle Grade Fiction that Deals with Sexual Violence Middle Grade Monday: Book Fair and Return of the Padawan! Take 10: Ballet Books for Teens, the awe inspiring Misty Copeland, and some other […]
Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters by Laurie Ann Thompson (Blog Tour)
Activism, Be a Changemaker, Social Justice, Teen Issues, Teens, Volunteering
|“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.” – author Libba Bray, quoted on page 161 (always quote Libba Bray, always.) Teenagers often get a bad rap. They’re loud, they’re obnoxious, their selfish, they’re lazy – that’s what you’ll hear a lot in the press. And from adults: […]
Take 5: Teens as Sci Fi Soldiers(ish) – When YA Lit meets The Bourne Identity or Red Dawn (or even 12 Monkeys)
Amy Tintera, Blackout, Collection Development, I Become Shadow, Joe Shine, Kristen Lippert-Martin, Reader's Advisory, Reboot, Robison Wells, Soldiers, Sophie Jordan, Tabula Rasa, Uninvited
|When we read The Hunger Games, we like to think to ourselves that we know that would never happen – who sends kids out to kill? But the truth is, there are countries all over the world where children are in fact forced to become soldiers and fight for causes they know little about and […]
I am a teen services librarian. I serve teens. But in order to serve teens, to do it well, that means that I have to talk to them. To listen. They all have their own stories, their own needs, and one of those needs is to have adults in their world who value them and […]
The most recent statistics from the CDC indicate that 1 out of 88 children are being diagnosed with Autism. Every day we are encountering teens on the spectrum in our school and public libraries. The question we must ask ourselves is this: What are we doing to meet their needs? Teen Issues: Autism and LibrariesWith […]
It’s that time of year again! Well, at least it’s that time of year for those of us who’ve already been back in school for six weeks, but who’s counting? Today was the first day of Book Fair for us and sales were brisker than normal. I had time to browse with the studetns and […]
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